Apple Pulls iOS 8.0.1 Shortly After Release Due to Reports of Cell Service Outages and TouchID Issues

It’s been a bad week for Apple after hundreds of reports claim the iPhone 6 is bending in peoples pockets, now, earlier today Apple released iOS 8.0.1, pulling it almost immediately after it went live due to reports stating it “broke” hundreds of iPhones.

Twitter has been overrun with thousands of users reporting to be have updated to iOS 8.0.1 and begin met with a swath of issues. Apple pulled the software only hours after its initial release.

Just last week Apple rolled out iOS 8.0, one of the largest updates to iOS since 2009. Only one week later, Apple has pushed a software update, iOS 8.0.1, which is unusual.

Apple’s iOS 8.0.1 update was released earlier today in hopes of fixing a number of flaws including:

Fixes a bug so HealthKit apps can now be made available on the App Store

Addresses an issue where 3rd party keyboards could become deselected when a user enters their passcode

Fixes an issue that prevented some apps from accessing photos from the Photo Library

Improves the reliability of the Reachability feature on iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus

Verify your iTunes is running the latest version by navigating to About > Check for Updates or visit iTunes.com

Launch iTunes and Connect your Device

Hold down the Option (Mac) or Shift (Windows) key and select “Check for Update”

Choose the version of iOS 8 you Downloaded in Step 2

Let iTunes do its thing!

It is best to stay away from iOS 8.0.1 if possible, but Apple quickly realized the issue and released a stable version of iOS 8 users can safely downgrade to. Apples iOS 8.0.1 has been completely pulled from the market and removed from their servers.